Energy Brix power station

The Energy Brix power station is owned by Energy Brix Australia Corporation, a subsidiary of HRL Limited Group.

The power station comprises a 20 megawatt generating unit, three 30 megawatt units and one 60 megawatt unit. Waste heat from the power station is used to dry coal used in briquette production. This reduces the electrical efficiency of the plant which has been assessed as having a "sent out thermal efficiency" of approximately 16.9%.

The power station was previously known as the State Electricity Commission of Victoria's Morwell Briquette and Power Station. A review of the Victorian power grid in 2003 states that the plant has a capacity to produce 1.2 million tonnes of brown coal briquettes from coal produced from the Hazelwood coal mine.

The power station is located near Morwell and in 2009 it was estimated to have emitted 1.59 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (Mt CO2e);

National Pollutant Inventory Data
The Australian's Government's National Pollutant Inventory lists emissions from the Energy Brix power station for 2008/2009 as being:

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